Deja vu all over again.

Just once in my life I'd like to be sitting on a bus that was going over the cliff because a calm, steady, evil hand at the helm was steering it towards the guardrail and not because the driver is in the back with the map upside down, dithering and arguing with the passengers.

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I think he's afraid to decide on anything because he doesn't want the responsibility in case things go wrong, just accolades if he happens to do something right.Is everyone else getting tired of this wishy-washy stuffed shirt who is afraid to make a decision because someone might not like it? I've seen more moxie and authority in a Cub Scout den mother.

I'm realizing that once again we have an administration in Washington that is nowhere near as malevolently competent as its detractors paint it.

Um, no snark intended (honest!), but you're only realizing this _now_?

I was pretty sure of this a year ago, when Barry Lackwit's actions made it clear that he had no clue what being "President of the United States" really meant. From that day to this I have never referred to him by title, because it's pellucid to me that he is not the President in any meaningful way and never will be. He's in so far over his head, he's looking up at the clams and oysters in the muck of Chesapeake Bay.

Doesn't matter who was recently commander of those forces. It matters who is commander now. Either he has the trust of NCA or he doesn't. If he doesn't then he needs to either bow out or be replaced. You don't second-guess and hobble your commanders in the field.

With apologies to Perry Como:(To the tune of 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas')

He's beginning to look a lot like CarterEv'rywhere you go;Take a look at the mom an pop's bankrupt once againWith empty shelves and neon not aglow.He's beginning to look a lot like CarterInflation at ev'ry cornerBut the ugliest sight to see is the 'viction notice that will beOn your own front door.

A pair of trusted boots and a pistol that shootsIs the wish of Barney and Ben;Senators that will stop and listen when you talkIs the hope of Janice and Jen;And Mom and Dad sit and wait for their 401 to rise again.He's beginning to look a lot like CarterEv'rywhere you go;There's a tea party at the D.C. mall, one in the local park as well,Their sturdy folk that don't mind the snow.He's beginning to look a lot like Carter;Soon the polling will start,And the thing that will make us sing is the voting that will stingAnd give us a brand new start.

Maybe the driver is arguing with the passengers about an upside-down Tiljander series? I guarantee that we'll deploy "climate change workers" and a rubber stamp to Denmark before someone on Planet DC admits that Gen. McChrystal is simply making recommendations based on the arguments between executives and their sock puppets.

I had very low expectations going in. The two reasonable approaches to any war, namely (a) bring overwhelming force to bear; all the resources you've got, and (b) don't fight at all, are the two options Barry said going in were off the table.

So I knew we were going to get some kind of MacNamara-esque, Rumsfeldian, "fight with a level of force that won't upset the voters," plan.

In other words, I knew we were going to wind up with a very bad plan.

I had not anticipated the even worse option, namely, Refuse to Have a Plan.

Nixon was a towering statesman when compared to Barry Sorento. The only thing Nixon did wrong was getting caught in the same hardball tactics that the Democrats had been, and continued to be, invovled in.

When he took a hit, those enemies (NY Times, Washington Post, State Dept fifth columnists) jumped up and plunged the knives in over and over. . . they were absolutely dizzy with lust over his downfall. And it's now portrayed as if it was something noble. Despicable.

TJP: I was not commenting on that. . but what the then mainstream media, (and others) did to Nixon amounted IMHO, to a silent coup. He tried to fight those entities---remember this is WAY before the neo-con movement, Fox News, Rush, et al. . , and when his people screwed up, they were on him like the hoards in LA on Reginald Denny. . . His work with China was outstanding. . .

Feral, there is actually a study that confirmed that sort of thinking. They found that incompetents literally could not see or understand how bad they were. Their judgement was way off. Wish I could recall the details.